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/slɜː/ · noun
An insult or slight, especially one that is muttered incoherently under one's breath..
It seems that according to their best guess, our mother's ^([sic]) drank too much coffee or alcohol, took drugs, or were under stress during the period of our conception. Underlying all this speculation is, of course, the big slur: we're some kind of unnatural or abnormal product, outside of humanity and their religions.
a slur on one's reputation
The undeserved slur which he had cast on my management of the household did not, I am happy to say, prevent me from returning good for evil to the best of my ability, by complying with his request as readily and respectfully as ever.
This was a reproach to John, and a slur upon the dog; and both were alive to their misfortune.
And now I'm drinking too much, so I'ma talk with a slur
And how men slur him, saying all his force / Is melted into mere effeminacy?
to slur syllables; He slurs his speech when he is drunk.
"Thank you for your donation," the girl says, slurring the words together into a single syllable.
Use slur when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Slur means An insult or slight, especially one that is muttered incoherently under one's breath..
Common synonyms include abuse, dis, misuse, affront.
Possible antonyms include focus.
It seems that according to their best guess, our mother's ^([sic]) drank too much coffee or alcohol, took drugs, or were under stress during the period of our conception. Underlying all this speculation is, of course, the big slur: we're some kind of unnatural or abnormal product, outside of humanity and their religions.
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